Tag: first job

If you’re at midlife or if like me, you’re approaching it as slowly as you can, you may find yourself looking back and craving an aspect of your youth, which seems gone forever. I call this hard-to-articulate emotion the absence of "firsts." But what exactly are these "firsts" and why do we seem to miss them? "Firsts" can represent a variety of experiences, which somehow defined us on our life journey. These can range from our first kiss, to our first sexual discovery, to our first communion, our first graduation, our first job, first loan, house, car, marriage partner or even child; and not necessarily in that order.

Before they found fame, or found each other, what did celebrity couples like Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw do in their first jobs?

In the latest in Reuters' monthly 'First Jobs' series, we talked to couples who work as TV personalities, actors, models or authors about their first gigs and found their starts were often humble.

Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw

Dr. Phil: Back in Oklahoma City, I had several jobs at one time, when I was around 13 years old. I had a paper route, worked at an A&W root beer stand, and at also a local chain called Pizza Planet.